Sliding and swinging catch for closures



May 25,1948. F. GERSON SLIDING AND S WINGING CATCH FOR CLOSURES FiledDec.

. INVENTOR. FRED GER N.

Patented May 25, 1948 SLIDING AND SWINGING CATCH FOR CLOSURES FredGerson, Elmhurst, N. Y.

Application December 16, 1944, Serial No. 568,469

' 1 Claim. 1

This invention refers to improvements in or relating to catch devicesfor use in doors, cabinets, drawers and the like.

It is one of the primary objects of the invention to provide means whichfacilitate operation of doors, drawers and the like in a very simple andefficient manner whereby the same may be at will quickly opened, as wellas safely maintained in closed position.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means which affordswinging, as well as rectilinear or sliding movements relatively to andfor cooperation with a strike to bring about smooth and positive openingand closing actions of the catch mechanism.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide'handle means foroperating the catch mechanism which may be either spring-actuated or'may function due to its own weight when said handle means is moved bythe hand of an operator out of its perpendicular position.

It is another object of the invention to provide means whose simplifiedconstruction necessitates only a minimum number of parts, permits ofsuperior production facilities and yields a highly efficacious catchmechanism at reduced cost.

Still another object of the invention is to providemeans which may beapplied to flush as well as to overlapping doors and the like and whichlends itself to a ready and easy adjustment of the mechanism of thecatch device relatively to the strike with which said mechanism coacts.

Yet, a further object of this invention is to provide means which offerspeedy installation and fixation of the catch device in doors, drawersand the like without the necessity of determining and prearranging therelative positioning of a plurality of parts as is required in known andconventional structures; the novel catch device being devoid of anycomplicated parts.

Still a further object of this invention resides in the provision of anovel strike which cooperates with the catch mechanism, the strike beingof extremely simplified construction and being shaped to effectivelywork in two different positions, namely, either when applied to one ofthe faces of a wall of a cabinet or door frame, cupboard or likereceptacles or to the 'end of such wall which faces the door or drawercarrying the catch mechanism.

The foregoing and other objects and features of the invention willbecome more clearly apparent from the following description, which isdescriptive of a preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated inthe accompanying drawing.

However, the embodiment herein shown and de scribed being for purposesof illustration only, it is to be understood that such modifications maybe made when desired, within the scope and spirit of the invention asclaimed.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front-elevational view of parts of a door havingincorporated therein the catch device made in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view through the catch device shown in 'Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic and perspective view of detailed parts employedin the catch device made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 4 is a side-elevational view of the handle together with thehousing containing the slide of the catch device.

Figs. 5 and 6 show different views of the slide of the catch device withrespect to the strike with which said slide cooperates.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the strike shown in modified formand as applied to the portion of a wall.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the strike illustrated in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 shows the strike of Fig. 8 as applied to a Wall in a differentposition.

Referring now in greater detail to the attached drawing, there is showna door it! connected for swinging movement by means of a hinge H to afixed wall indicated by numeral 12. Door I0 abuts by means of ledge l3against fixed wall [4 when door ill is in closed position (Fig. 2).Ledge i3 is secured to door I a by means of screws i5, i6, i7. It iswell understood, that door lil may be differently shaped and may have awooden lip or ledge integrally united with said door.

Carried by door it! and held in position in a single opening 28 thereofis catch device 20 adapted for cooperation withstrike l9. Catch device20 comprises handle 2| with spindle 22, on which is fixedly attached bymeans'of screw 23 a housing 24 carrying the bolt 25.

As seen in Fig. 4, handle 2! terminates into a ball-shaped end piece 26.End piece 26 may be made heavy enough to ensure the perpendicularposition. of handle 2| relatively to door In, as indicated in Fig. 1.Handle 2| has the upper curved end 27 terminating into aring member 28for abutment against a gasket 29 fixed by means of screws 30, 3!, 32, 33to the outer surface Illa of door it. Within opening 58 of door Ill,there is located a tubular member I811 forming a bearing for spindle 22,the latter projecting beyond the inner surface lOb of door ID, as can beseen in 3 1 Fig. 2. Tubular member 18a is further held in position bymeans of a gasket 34, which may be of similar construction as gasket 29and which is secured to door by means of screws 35.

Against gasket 34 abuts the flat end of extension 35 of housing 24, thelatter being secured to spindle 22 by set screw 23, as mentionedhereinabove;

Hollow housing 24 slidably supports bolt 25,

which is outwardly pressed by means of a'coil spring 31 placed betweenthe" inner wall 38 of housing 24 and end 39 of bolt 25. As can berealized from Fig. 2, slide 25 carries an abutment part inform of ascrew 48 which is guided in slot M of housing 24 for a purpose describedhereinafter.

same may be either secured to the rear face 64a.

of wall 64 or to the end face 641), as it is illustrated in Fig. 8. Itcan thus be seen'that the strike 60 may be easily adjusted to the fixedwall cooperates.

and relatively'to the bolt 25 with which strike 60 i Since housing 24may also be easily adjusted and disposed relatively to spindle 22 andstrike 69, a simplified construction of the catch Bolt 25 has aforwardly inclined portion t? which is provided with a curved portion 43forming a rest for the forward end or portion M- of strike Hi. The.curved rest 43 is recessed with respect to surface 45' of bolt 25 whichcomes to lie opposite the inner surface i573 of door H3.

It'can thus be seen that bolt 25 is capable of performing acircularmovement by means of handle 2| about bearing I'Sa, as well as arecti- 7 linear movement within housing 26 against action of spring 3-1and independent of handle 2 i.

Strike 19 may be held in position in suitable housing '46 by means ofone or more screws on wall 14, as can be seen in Fig. 2. Strike it maybe spot-welded to wall 48 of housing 56 or maybe secured by means ofrivets 49 therein. The outwardly extending curved forward end or portion44 of strike I9 is designed to engage with bolt '25 at 4-3, as depictedin Fig. 3. In order to provide for sufficient spring effect, the end 559of strike l9 may be free to slide along the inner face of'wall'51ofhousing 45. i V

In order to operate the catch device made in accordance with thisinvention, all that is to be done is to grasp handle 2! and toswing thesame tension for causing swinging movement of said,

in direction of arrow A so' as to cause swinging own weight to itsnormal perpendicular position, asseenin Fig. 1. The door iii may then bemoved 7 again to its closed and locked position in which the alignedposition with walls M and i2 is brought about. During this lattermovement, bolt 25 will first abut with the inclined surface 52 offorward portion 42 against projecting portion 53 of strike 19' tothereby cause bolt 25 to move in the direction of arrow 0 against theaction 0 springs? until bolt 25 'moves past strike is and curved rest 43is brought into abutting en- 1 gagement with portion of strike 2 3.Thus, bolt 25 is capable of beingmoved independently of handle it whensaid door is moved to its closed position. g a

' In Figs. 5 and 6 the relative position of hand'le 2i, towhich'housin'g24 is fixedly'attached, with respect to strike i9 is indicated bynumerals 2 in; Nb, illustrating thestroke of the handlefrom' closedi-toopened-position of bolt 25. l 1 a Figspfl to '9 illustrate a modifiedform of strike. Strike 61) has asquare-shaped portion Bl provided withabase 62 'havin a slot '63.' Base 62 may be fixed on wall 64 by means ofone or more nails devic is obtained which necessitates only a singlebore or opening, such as I8, for accommodating therein the spindle 22 ofhandle'2l.

Itis well understood that instead of one open- 1 ing 23a, severalopenings may be provided in spindlezz for engagement with threaded boltof set screw 23. Thus, the installation ofthe catch device according tothis inventionwhich may be applied to various shapes of doors, drawersand the like is made unusually simple and-efiective andafiiords only aminimum amount of time-t0 be adjusted for'operation.

The strike is so constructed that it always,

returns to its initialposition and assures a positive locking engagementwith the. bolt whose coacting, grooved or recessed "portion isshape'dsimilar to the eiiective portionof said strike It can thus be seen thattherehas been pro vided according to this invention .acatchdevicecomprising a bolt, a recessed portion on said slide said bolt, a holderand spring means actuatingv said bolt in said holder to cause a movementof said bolt lengthwise of said holder and independ-;

ent of said handle; said handle and said ex-- bolt relatively to saidstrike,*whereby said re cessed' portion may be moved, past .said strikefor the opening position of said -catch---device.

While there has been shown anddescribed and pointed out the fundamentalnovelfeatures of the invention as applied to theabove embodiment,

it will be understood that 'variousomissions and substitutions andchanges in the form and dc-.

tails of the device, above describedjand illus:

' trated and the operation thereof may be made by ters Patent, is: I 7 1A catch for attachment to a; door, drawer and; the like, having a panelwith a front face and a rear face and forming part of a cabinet,cupboard 7 and similar receptacle carrying :a strike; com-' thoseskilled in the art without departing from the spiritof the invention. 1'1 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed'as new anddesired-to be secured'by Let prising a substantially horizontalspindlefor passing through a horizontal opening-ofsaid'door' 7 to extendthrough the panel thcreoflfror'n thefront face to the rear face thereof;'a counter weighted handle? connected at; right angle to. one end ofsaid spindle and depending in normal pc sition from said one spindlelend to overlie the front face of said door panel, a bolt, :a housing.

slidably supporting said bolt, saidh'ousing in-- eluding an extensionfitted for engag ementwith. the otherend of'said *spin'dleandt'orremoval V .ihousingjior actuating said bolt to reciprocablyinovei theiii j 'ter relatively to saidhousing' ina rectilinear path therefrom,spring means within sai and a formation ihcl udihg a" :wedgegsassesein:

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Number Name Date Davenport Feb. 5, 1878Leopold Apr. 21, 1908 Leger June 23, 1908 Erickson Mar. 31, 1914 MayFeb. 3, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Germany Oct. 14, 1920

